Conservative law firm asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to ban absentee ballot drop boxes - Madison.com

A conservative law firm on Wednesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to bypass a recent state appeals court decision and prohibit the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the Feb. 15 spring primary.

The motion was filed by Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty just two days after the state District 4 Court of Appeals issued a stay against an earlier ruling by Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, which barred the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the state. The appeals court said in an order Monday that the lower court's ruling creates the "potential for voter confusion and uncertainty" in the upcoming primary.

WILL deputy counsel Luke Berg in an emergency motion asked the state's high court to rule on the matter as soon as possible. While absentee voting has already begun, an order vacating the appeals court's stay "will not cause significant problems," Berg wrote.

"Even if this Court concludes that it is too late at this point to vacate the stay for the February 15 primary, it should nevertheless grant the Petition for Bypass," Berg wrote. "The issues in this case need to be resolved, if not immediately, then certainly in time for the spring election in April, and they ultimately need to be resolved by this Court."

The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported that, as of about 8 a.m. Monday, nearly 8,400 absentee ballots had already been sent out by local clerks and at least 1,845 ballots have already been delivered or are currently out for delivery, according to court records.

source: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/conservative-law-firm-asks-wisconsin-supreme-court-to-ban-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes/article_4bd0d426-f975-5ad8-a70c-79785f5746ec.html

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